Peasant Women from the Region of the Eaux-Bonnes
Eugène Delacroix
1845
- Medium
- Watercolor, with touches of gouache, over traces of graphite, on cream wove paper, laid down on cream wove paper
- Dimensions
- 34 × 26.2 cm (13 7/16 × 10 3/8 in.)
- Genre
- watercolor
- Museum
- Art Institute of Chicago
Tags
drawings (visual works)paintgraphitegouacheprints and drawingwatercolorpaper (fiber product)water-base paint
About
In the summer of 1845, Delacroix went to the Pyrenees to take the waters at the spa of Eaux-Bonnes near the Spanish border, where he delighted in the natural dignity of the local peasants and the beauty of their colorful dress.
